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Rondo's Selfishness Costly to Celtics

Matthew West/Boston Herald

Beating the Hawks four times in seven tries was always going to be a tough task — a 60/40 proposition, on the happy side — but the Celtics have made it much more difficult, first by punting a chance at the end of the regular-season to seize home-court advantage, and now with the suspension of Rajon Rondo for Game 2.

The Celtics have had some recent issues with Marc Davis, the official Rondo bumped with 41 seconds left in Boston’s Game 1 loss on Sunday. Rondo was already angry with Davis over a controversial out-of-bounds call that went against Boston with 2:14...

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